Stock-feeding appabatxjs



l s. F. MUORE. STOCK FBEDIHG APPLBATUB.

'PPLIUATIOI FILED APR. 7, 1906.

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901,264. Patented 1106.221908.

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sIDNEY r. Moons, or DELAWARE TOWNSHIP, nANoocK ooUN'rYjhoi-uo.

STOCK-FEEDING APPARATUS.

Specification of Lettere Patent.

Patented Dec. 2,2, 19,08'.

L j 1J i Application filed April 7, 1908. Serial No. 425,671.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it `known that I, SIDNEY F. MOORE, a citizen pf the United States, residing in Delaware township, in the county ol Hancock and State of Ohio, have invented certain new andV useful Improvements in Stock-li`eeding Apparatus, of which the following is a specification. v,

This invention relates to apparatus for feeding stock, and more particularly to shee -racks 1 A.

-'l` e object of the invention is to provide a convenient and4 practical apparatus of this kind, and alsoone which is so Iconstructed and operated that each animal will receive a proper share of the feed; and to this end the invention. consistsin 'a novel construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafterV described and claimed.

I n the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is `an elevation of the invention. `I ig. 2 is atransverse sectional' View. Fig. 31s a cen-ll tral'logitudinal section. Fig. 4 is a sectional detail showing the 'hinge construction 'hereinafter referredto.

bars, 1,1,- the vfacci-troughs '14 being: located behind the bars, with a space between the troughs to affordV a passageway for the atf.

tendant whenii'llin, the same. The4 rack herein described is',v ocated under a shed or @other suitable-.sl ielter, Y E ach feedtrough'has a cover 1,5 which is hinged` fin such a' .manner 'that itr r iayV .be swung open-from either Vthe front or the rear side of t e trough, 'for a purpose ,to be here inafter described, This, hinge ,connection coin rises cross rods-,16 and '1.7, respectivelg', e

the ormer being connectedlat one end tot front side @Mba-trough," and at.' theothsr endv to. therese-edge,offthecover; The rod 1? 'is connected fat. one @ed t0 the reard .0f *Shel Ytrough atthe othenenlfto front edge;

0f theebree 'Bygmns 0 the hingefconnection the `oever in ay bejswung open from` either. sideY cover-"ls swung 0,119.11

. lFor opaerating. the covers vas scribed t -the mem cover-sections.

,im ends er @hej-mds,

serve as a hinge, and when the cover 1s swung open from its roar side, the front ends of the rods serve as a hinge. The connection between thc cover and the trough, Vand the rods, is made by means of plates 18 'secured to the cover and the trough, and having eyes 19 into which enter hooks 20 at the ends of the rods. The top edges of the trough are suitably grooved as indicated at 2l to rmfoi ve the rods when the cover is on. The om er is in sections, the number of sections employed depending on the len th of the trough, and a hinge connection as herein described is lprovided for each cover-section.

The object of the hinge connection herein described is to provide means for shutting out the animals from the troughs when 4the latter are being lled'i )Upon opening the cover from the .front of the tro, h and swin ing it rearwardl it -will exten along the ars. 11 behind t e same as shown by dotted lines in Fig.. 2, in which position oi the cover the animals a'rebarred from the trough.

When the cover is swung the'other way as.'

shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, the barrier is removed, andthe animals can then reach v the feed-troughs through the spaces between the bars 11.. ,t

herein dee following meansv vare empio, ed: On-,crosS-bars ,22 securedto the rafters olythe' shed are mounted a series of pulleys `which are errang d Irfpairsor grou-ps of. tyvo, one of ers. o-

projeet brackets. 25 andV 26 the ioimier oairryfV mg a guide-pulley 27 and the latter a.' 5 ef pu ley `28 at its outer end. The brac etf26 is let intothe post 9 onpne-.sde thereohand on the opposite side of, the post isa recessin 'which isinounted a' pulleyZ-l). ,'-Th'e number of pulleys employed depends onthe number .i

oflcover-sections., as many setsv opullys whichis designated by the, referencenuxneral. 23', and .the othierbythe reference numeral `24. From' the ,-,pests 9,

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herein. described beingvr used asjthere.

troughs. en both sides Q theracks.

. `011- Oe ofthe end wellj'ofa ,sheds rotas. tably mounted, m a suitable racket 30,;an

oval-shaped cam 31V tted. with a. hand-lever 32 fortui'nmg the saine on. its pivot. [Around the -cam by a suitable clamping di 'ice 35 so that when tho cam is rotated one end ol' me rope is given a pull and the other end is slacked.

slipping thereof.

One end of the rope 33 passes over the ulleys 23, and carries at snit able intervals ranch ropes 36 which also travel over saifl )ulleys and pass down to and onder the ulleys 27, thence over the pulleys and 1y ien to the rear end of the cover-sections lo which they are connected. 'l'he other end of the .rope 33 passes over the pulleys 24. and also carries at suitable intervals branch ropes 33' which pass down to and under the pulleys 29, and thence to the frrnt end of the cover-sections to which 1"@ ev ne made fast. The tivo ends of the rope 34. are connected to the cover-sections of the feed-trough on the otherside of the rack, the arrangement being ythe same as herein described, and they are brought across from saidfside to the cam 31 by guidepulleys 38.

Bv means of the rope .gering hereinfde? scribed, nhen the cam is rotated in one direction by means of the hand-lever, thecoversections swing open from" the front sides of -the troughs to shut out the animals as heretofore described, and when the cam is ro,-

` tated iny the other direction,"the cover-sections swing open from the Vrear sides of 'the troughs whereupon the bars 11 are uncovered and the animals have access to-the troughs.

,As the covers of both troughs are operated from one cam, the operate simultaneously.

-Bopes may be use( throughout for operating `the covers as herein described, but being j `liable to be nibbled by the sheep,'or by mice, 4u

rats Aetc., I- use nibberb'elts from th'e troughs to e pulleys 27 and 29, thenwire'- to the pieces of ro es which play through the -pulleys 23 an 24, and' wire for the mainlines mounted in a bracket 42 secured to oneof the,

walls of the-.'fshed., 'Thew'clruxnfis fitted with a handle .43 f erpperating it, and, the hand lever .travelsover a segment 44 yhaving holes 45 tereceive a-pin 46'I carded: b the-hand-z` `lever for locking the' latter in 'a justed ositionfm'The operatingropes 41 of the s 'des' 'travel Vover suitably' located guide-pulleys. In-feeding sheep fromo ren troughs, the tame sheep will crowd `around and frequently ln the peripher3Y of the cam are grooves to receive the ropes and prevent/f cours l knol-lt the fred from the hands of the attend |-ant, so that i1y n ill he impossible to distrilnn'e the l'ced evenly; also the n'ild sheep will stay away l'r'oin the rash until the atttnnlant has left thc saine, and by that time thiI tame I slwcpnillhaveeatcninos'l nl'theiced. 'With the apparatus herein described the olljw:4 tions noted above are entirely ovni-coin@-` 'l`he atlwfildant uith one motion ol' the handvv l lever $3 throws the covers` back against the l sind-'fliers to shut ont the sheep, and then pro-l cefsds to distribute the grain in the leef!- rmnghs. Alter this is done the sheep an; called, and when they are all in their propo;- places, and evenly distriljnlted, the coversmo swung away from the rack-bars so that the animalsinay have access to the troughs. i-v ter the grain has been consumed, the slides 3ST: are dropped to again shut out the animals The 'leed-trough covers are then closed. and hay or shredded fodder is thrown on top there of, after which the slides are raised and the animals a ain have access to the feed.

A rack iaving feed-troughs provided with covers as herein described can be employed for ieedin grain, and also hay or shredded fodder. rhe slides 39 may be left ofi as the sheep on the outside cannot interfere with the roper distribution of the hay or fodder; hut -y using the slides, chaff and 'dirt will be kept out of the Wool of the heads and necks -of the animals.

troughs, and desi ed to feed ha or shredded fodder only, the s ides only will e employed.

The apparatus herein described is-s'imple get out of. order, it can be c the urpose or which it is designed;

ile the. particularl arrangement of troughs shown`anddescbed is most conratus can be readilyap lied to differently arranged troughs, as guid plojved to'ca'rr;T the operatingeropes in any direction. l

I claim:

'1. In a'feed-rack, the combination of a feed-trou h located adjacent the'rack-bars on one si e thereof, a. cover having ahinge connection with the trough at o 'posits sides thereof, and means connected o the cover for swingingit open from one ofy said sides to cover the rack-bars, and from the other side to uncover the trou h. p

2. In a feed-rac the combination of `a feed-trou h located adjacent 'the rackeb'ars 011 OBB S1 thereof, meansconnected 4to t e cover for means forpperating theslid venient, itwillbe understood that the appaeHpulle'ys can be ern- I e thereof, a cover having c 'hinge` `connection with the trough at o posite sides swinging it o en from one of'said'sides to` Stil For racks having no feedin construction, has no complicated parts to eaply reducedv and eas1lyA o erated, and it effectue., y serves tion between the cover and the trough comprising rods, one of which is connected at its ends to the front edge of the cover and to the rear side of the trough, respectively, and the other rod being connected at its ends to the rear edge of the cover and to the front side of the trough, respectively, and means con- 10 nected to the cover for swinging it open from either side of the trough.

In testimony whereof I e'ix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

SIDNEY F. MOORE. Witnesses:

J. F. SfrEINMAN, ELLA N. MEYER. 

